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American Film/TV Producer Gene Roddenberry was born Eugene Wesley Roddenberry on 19th August, 1921 in El Paso, Texas, U.S. and passed away on 24th Oct 1991 Santa Monica, California, U.S. aged 70. He is most remembered for creator of Star Trek. His zodiac sign is Leo.

Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer, populistic philosopher, and futurist. He is best remembered for creating the original Star Trek television series. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father worked as a police officer. Roddenberry flew eighty-nine combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later he followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Los Angeles Police Department and also began to focus on writing scripts for television.